Got a Job!!!

Reactor

Woohoo, after 8 months on the dole it finally happened, exactly what I wanted (Biotechnician/analyst), wages are more than I was expecting with pension/medical thrown in aswell, cant believe it tbh, Im still buzzing, starting next Wednesday, have to move acrooss the country and everything but a new start was exactly what I wanted

Huge thanks to everyone on here for all the help and advice, my new CV and interview/hunting techniques came directly from this forum so very grateful for that, cant believe it tbh, hang in there anyone still looking (and rewrite your CV).

ironictoaster

Reactor wrote: »

Woohoo, after 8 months on the dole it finally happened, exactly what I wanted (Biotechnician/analyst), wages are more than I was expecting with pension/medical thrown in aswell, cant believe it tbh, Im still buzzing, starting next Wednesday, have to move acrooss the country and everything but a new start was exactly what I wanted

Huge thanks to everyone on here for all the help and advice, my new CV and interview/hunting techniques came directly from this forum so very grateful for that, cant believe it tbh, hang in there anyone still looking (and rewrite your CV).

Good to hear you got a job. Although. I don't like the idea of being 8 months on the dole, studying biotech in DCU myself..

Reactor

Well I was very lazy up until Christmas with a terrible CV but when I actually started looking properly with a new CV instead of in a half-arsed way it only took about 2 months, dont worry about it, Biotech is the future.

Scarydoll

Congrats on the new job!!

seraphimvc

congrats man!!!:D

i hope i can leave my hell soon PM me if you have tips for me!

Halo Kitty

Congrats...you have given alot of people hope...

Reactor

seraphimvc wrote: »

congrats man!!!:D

i hope i can leave my hell soon PM me if you have tips for me!

Just dont give up, I thought I was absolutely fcuked after being out in the cold for so long but then it just comes out of the blue and its the best feeling in the world, I went for a steak this evening

seraphimvc

Reactor wrote: »

Just dont give up, I thought I was absolutely fcuked after being out in the cold for so long but then it just comes out of the blue and its the best feeling in the world, I went for a steak this evening

i cant wait see that day coming!!:)

johnn

OP looking for a pat on the back when unemployed people are starving out there :rolleyes: fair play OP

looksee

johnn wrote: »

OP looking for a pat on the back when unemployed people are starving out there :rolleyes: fair play OP

Yeah OP, you should know better - its compulsory to be miserable so that everyone can be miserable with you. :rolleyes:

Good luck to you!

johnn

looksee wrote: »

Yeah OP, you should know better

Good someone agrees it was insensitive of the OP.

On the bright side the dole scroungers will be happy, more free money for them :rolleyes:

dan_d

Oh well done OP. It's the best feeling ever! (even if it did go a bit pear-shaped for me after a few weeks!), but can't wait til I have that feeling again!!!!
Congrats and I hope you really enjoyed your steak!!:D:D

rivalius13

Who else checked out this thread to make sure he didn't get a job they had applied for? Can't have just been me...

maneno

congratulations op,all the best in your new job,gives hope to other people

Lux23

Ok after a year I have finally been offered a paid job and in the area I really want to work in.

starlit

Congrats and well done Reacter!

Stheno

Lux23 wrote: »

Ok after a year I have finally been offered a paid job and in the area I really want to work in.

Reactor wrote: »

Woohoo, after 8 months on the dole it finally happened, exactly what I wanted (Biotechnician/analyst), wages are more than I was expecting with pension/medical thrown in aswell, cant believe it tbh, Im still buzzing, starting next Wednesday, have to move acrooss the country and everything but a new start was exactly what I wanted

Huge thanks to everyone on here for all the help and advice, my new CV and interview/hunting techniques came directly from this forum so very grateful for that, cant believe it tbh, hang in there anyone still looking (and rewrite your CV).

Thrilled for you both! Congratulations

Oranage2

Well done op, and for everyone else, keep the chin up, everything can change at a click of a finger so keep faith

Amtmann

Good thread! I got a job too. Delighted. Just spent the past year researching, getting new qualifications, networking, living off a bank loan, going without food at least one night per week for the past ten weeks, and interning unpaid; but it's all been worth it. I love my new job profession and company.

To anyone who is thinking about reskilling, or who feels that there is no hope right now, I was where you are 12 months ago. You can turn the situation around. Do your research, form a goal, develop a strategy to achieve your objectives, and network.

Reactor

Well done Lux and Tremelo and thanks everybody else.

6 months on I absolutely love my job, Im still a bit traumatised by the horrible year I spent sitting on the dole in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do and no money to do it, especially during that freezing Winter. My confidence is still really shakey especially meeting new people, it was total black despair with the non-stop bad news everywhere and you genuinely do start to believe that this is your life forever now, Im getting a bit teary-eyed thinking about it, God knows what it must be like for the people with kids and responsibilities.

Just hang in there everybody still looking, another bad Winter on the way now (Im a fairly depressed person usually but winter really gets me down) but when you find what you want its like a ton of weight lifting off you, I just threw most of my stuff in a skip outside a neighbours house and started again, best feeling in the world.